Bailing out Germany: The Story Behind the European Financial Crisisby Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch BlogMay 28th, 2012A large chunk of the Eurozone bailouts are for speculative schemes that were handed out by banks in just four countries Belgium, France, Germany and the UK. So why are Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain being blamed? And who is really getting bailed out?

Uruguay: Pulp Factions: Uruguay’s Environmentalists v. Big Paperby Raúl Pierri, Special to CorpWatchJanuary 16th, 2006Massive monoculture plantations have begun a cascade of changes to Uruguay’s economy, environment and culture. Now, the foreign corporations that grow the trees are escalating the process by building massive pulp mills that threatening lives and livelihoods.

Playing Chicken: Ghana vs. the IMFby Linus Atarah, Special to CorpWatchJune 14th, 2005Thanks to the IMF and the World Bank, chicken and other local agriculture staples in Ghana are being replaced by subsidized foreign imports.

Carbon: Under Kyoto, a Hot Commodity by Daphne Wysham, Special to CorpWatchFebruary 18th, 2005Are World Bank-funded efforts to compensate for corporate emissions sustainable? Or will they affect poor communities disproportionately?

Two World Forums, Two Visionsby Pratap Chatterjee, Special to CorpWatchJanuary 27th, 2005While the world's biggest CEOs and politicians gather in Davos, Switzerland to network and negotiate, activists and NGO-workers meet halfway around the world in Porto Alegre, Brazil to imagine other, more humanity-focused possibilities.

Paving the Amazon with Soy
by Sasha Lilley, Special to CorpWatchDecember 16th, 2004Soy rules the central Brazilian state of Mato Grosso and it's not the soy that much of the world associates with the ostensibly eco-friendly, vegetarian diet, either. With help from the World Bank, André Maggi (the Soy King) is bankrolling the destruction of one of the world's most biodiverse ecosystems: the savanna.

AES Backs Out of Bujagali Dam Projectby Sasha Lilley, Special to CorpWatchAugust 28th, 2003The future of a World Bank-sponsored dam scheme at Bujagali Falls on the Victoria Nile in eastern Uganda has been thrown into question with the withdrawal of energy giant AES Corporation from the project.

Busting the Water Cartelby Holly Wren Spaulding, Special to CorpWatchMarch 27th, 2003A report from inside the World Water Forum on the showdown between water privatizers and human rights activists.

World Contrastsby Eduardo Galeano, www.portoalegre2003.orgJanuary 16th, 2003Next week, thousands will descend on Porto Alegre, Brazil for the World Social Forum, under the slogan "Another World is Possible." We thought these reflections by Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano on the world as it is today were a good place to start.

Will Congress Investigate US Agencies' Enron Ties?by Jim Vallette, Special to CorpWatchAugust 1st, 2002The Senate is investigating the role of private investment banks in the Enron scandal. Could public institutions, like the World Bank and the Export-Import Bank be next?

Afghan Pipe Dreamsby Pratap Chatterjee, Special to CorpWatchJune 28th, 2002Is the US War on Terrorism in Afghanistan really a war for a natural gas pipeline? Fossil fuel corporations and the World Bank are expressing cautious interest. Activists are concerned.

Globalizing Hopeby Joshua Karliner, CorpWatchFebruary 6th, 2002The only way to really describe the World Social Forum that just ended in Brazil is a global political ''carnaval.''

The Whole World Was Watchingby Kenny Bruno, CorpWatchFebruary 6th, 2002The first week of February posed a test to the anti-corporate globalization movement and its targets. Local NY organizers got an A for attitude. The police passed. The WEF -- they flunked as usual.

After Carlo Giuliani, Peaceful Protests Must Continueby Kenny Bruno, Special to CorpWatchJuly 25th, 2001The highly publicized killing of Carlo Giuliani during the protests in Genoa on Friday, July 19th may mark a milestone for the anti-corporate globalization movement as significant as the Battle in Seattle.

This Is What Democracy Looks Likeby Kenny Bruno, Special to CorpWatchJanuary 28th, 2001Thousands gather in Porto Alegre, Brazil to look towards a future in which corporations no longer rule.